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Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. 

ax the 27th d;iy of Juno, 1804, 
oocurred the great and famous 
Ijattle of Kennksaw Mountain. 
which was probably the distinctive 
battle, fought between Dalton and 
Atlanta, of the Atlanta campaign 
and one which will ever hold 
its position on the page of history 
as being one which conferred im- 
perishable luster upon the valor of 
American soldiery. The attack of the 
Federals was made with vigor, i)luck 
and persistence, and was met with such 
courage and fortitude by the Confeder- 
ates as alone could have made the 
etTorts of their antagonists futile. 

The attack upon the Confederate right 
which lay east of Kennesaw Mountain 
and just at the present station of Eliza- 
beth on the Western & Atlantic R. 11.. 
was made by Logan's corps, formed in thr 







llAlli.K UF KKNNKSiW iM0UNT4IN. 

1 ilie line nl' Tlie Western & Atlantic Railroad, 
June 27, 1SC4. 



lines, and was supported ipy Hlair and Dodge. Nelson's 12th Louisiana 
occupied a strong line of rilie pits in front of them, and held their position until the first Federal ranks had approached 
within twenty-five paces. They then retired to the Confederate line of battle. The Federal troops advanced steadily. 



A destructive fire was opened by the Confed- 
erates from their entrenchments. For an hoiii- 
the Federals helil their position, unable to 
advance and reluctant to retreat. Logan then 
ordered them to retire to the line of rifle pits 
which they had first captured. 

After the repulse of the second assault before 
Gen. Cleburne's entrenchments, the dry leaves 
and dead wood were set on fire by the bombshells 
and y-un wadding and burned rapidly around the 
Federal wounded. This horrible scene was 
observed by the Confederates, and they were 
ordered to suspend further battle until the Fed- 
erals could carry oft their wounded, who were 
in danger of being burned alive. 

Thus the Federal wounded were rescued from 
such an awful fate. 

In this great battle the Federal army num- 
bered about one hundred thousand men. 

The Confederates had about fifty-five thousand troop: 
hundred and eight men. 




cuing the Federal woiimied from the burning timber. 
The Confederate loss in killed and wounded was eight 



The loss of the Federals has never been e.xactly reported, but it is conceded that it went up into the thousands. 

Gen. Sherman, after some throe houi\s, willidrew the Federals' shattered battalions from all points of assault at 



Kennesaw Mountuin and ordei-ed 
a movement down the valley of 
Olley's Creek, toward Chatta- 
hoocbee river. 

Gen. Johnston, knowing that 
Gen. Sherman's movement to the 
south would result in breakino; 
his communication with Atlanta, 
evacuated Kennesaw Mountain 
and Marietta on July 1st and 2nd, 
1864. From Marietta, Johnston 
fell back to a new position which 
had been prepared by Colonel 
Frestman. After lighting at 
Ruffs, Smyrna and Chattahoo- 
chee river, the great battles were 
fought around Atlanta, and Hood 
was appointed to succeed .John- 
ston. 









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But. ah ! we'll thwart them here to-day, 
We'll climb this hill of Mars. 

We'll seem with lightning's fires to play 
To hurl bolts from the stars: 



We'll scale the cliffs where eagles Uev 
We'll raise the wild huzza. 

And pant 'mid cloud;;* of golden hue 
The guns on Kennesaw 1 



Battle of Allatoona. 

General Sherman fortified Allatoona 
strongly with a foi't on each side of the 
pass, through which the Western & 
Atlantic 11. K. runs, and made it his 
secondary base of supplies. After the 
fall of Atlanta General Hood ordered 
General French, with his division, against 
Allatoona, where General Sherman had 
stored ■2,700,000 rations of bread. General 
Sherman, learning of this movement, 
(irdered Gen. John M. Corse, who was at 
Uomc. to hasten to Allatoona and to hold 
the fort. General Corse brought with 
him 1,054 men to re-inforce Colonel Tour- 
tellotte's garrison of 890 men. General 
French, with about 2,900 men, assaulted. 
General Corse and Colonel Tourtellotte 
were wounded. 




Gen. S. G. Fri 



Battle op Allatoona, Ga. 

Ou Line of Western & Atlantic R. K. 

October 5th, 1864. 

rhe message signalled from Kennesaw Mountain 

20 miles distant to these heights gave rise to the 

Gospel Hymn "Hold the Fort, for 1 Am Coming." 



en. Jno. M. Corse 



The Federal loss was 707 men and the 
Confederate loss was 799 men. General 
Sherman from Kennesaw Mountain suc- 
ceeded in exchanging messages with 
the signal station on Allatoona heights, 
and from this message and attendant 
thrilling circumstances originated the 
gospel hymn : 

" Ho I my comrades, see the signal 
Waving in the sky ! 
lie-enforcements now a])pearinj;\ 
Victory is nigh ! 
CHORUS : 
" Hold the tort : for I am coming," elc. 
The most characteristic memorial of i ' 
bloody struggle at Allatoona Pass is 1 1 - 
lone grave on the west side of the rail- 
road track. A neat marble headstone ha^ 
been placed over the grave, with tlie fol- 
lowing inscription ; 

An 

UNKNOWN HE HO. 

He died for tli< r((usi 

he thoiiyht tens ri</lit. 




C'onrederates storming tlie Federal Works at Allatoona 
on Line of the Western & Atlantic R. R., Oct. 5th, 
1864. Capture of Colors of 39th Iowa Reg't. 



Jo II i 



1 1 thus touchinglv refers to tliis 






The Mariett 
memorial : 

"He was some niother's darling, and perhaps when the 
cruel war was over, she wiped her tear-bedimmed eyes and 
through her spectacles watchud for the cominij of her 
soldier boy, but he came not. Still she jirayed and yazed 
down the road and scanned the face of every passer-by : 
every footstep that sounded on the walk lier eager ears 
caught up with expectancy: her heart beat faster and 
thrilled with hope: her eyes kindled with joy: her wrinkled 
face lighted uji with a smile, and her old arms, no doubt, 
involuntarily went out to clasp to her bosom her darling 
boy: but she was doomed to disappointment; it was her 
neighbor's boy who had returned, and not hers; and sadly 
she turned back to her old arm chair by the window, she 
choked down the heart sobs and cleared away the unbidden 
tears, and wondered why her boy did not come. No tidings 
came of his whereabouts. She did not know that the boy 
whom she saw proudly leave home in his new suit of gray 
in response to his country's call, at that moment filled an 
unknown grave. Perhaps, after many years of waiting, she 
too has gone over the river of death, and, with her boy, will be a shadowy witness of the erection of the head- 
the memory of 'An Unknown Hero.'" 



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THK SOLDIEK'S GliAVE. 

On the Western & Atlantic Railroad, in Allatoona 



Pass. 

■Stone to 



Battle of Resaca. 

^ vigorous Federal assault by Baird-s 
.„a.o.nso.sdW..nsa.a.s.H.d^s 

,...lon was repulsed ^here was 1 a 
a,.ting along t.eUneaU day I^a 

„ there was a desperate sUug 
tbe afternoon there w^^^^^^ 

g,e north of the town, between 
Hooker-s corps, without decisive resuls 

;t;htln,wasd.eetlyacrossthetra..ot 
,,e western.- Atlantic K.K. HooUer s 
:::.as.a.e. Hood-sw.sconsl^^. 
less Ascertaining that a heavy fo.ce 
Federals had crossed theOostanaular.ver 

a. Tanner-s Ferry, Johnston evacuated 
Kesaca. 




BA.TTI.E OF RESA..-- j 

T ^ „f the Western & Atlaniit 

r ,os E Johnston On the Line ot the^^.^h. 1864. 

SS^- The attempt a|ains^Gen.^|'i>^-|,„„5. 
portion 01 the aiu'J 



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Battle of Ringgold. 

Desperate fii;lu between Hooker's corjis 
t){ Grant's army and 'Cleburne's division of 
Confederates, who were posted in the 
ravine tliroiiyh which the Western & 
Athinlio R. U. runs, south of Ringgold. 
Besides ;i vei'y hot fire of musketry and 
artillery, the Confodei'ates rolled huge 
stones down the hillsides among the 
advancing assailants, causing great con- 
fusion. Hooker was repulsed and )Hirsuit 
of liragg's army by the Federals was 
checked. 

Considering the disastrous defeat of the 
Confederate army two days before at Mis- 
sionary Ridge and the demoralization 
naturally to be expected tbercfiom. this 
was one of the gamest fights of tlie entire 
war. Pat Cleburne was one of the most 
adi'oit commanders and pluckiest fighters 
among Confederate generals. 




. Pat R. Cleburne 



Battle ok RiNCUiOLD, Ga. 

On tlie Line of the Western & Atlantic K. R. 

Nov. 27tll, 1S63. 



:ca Jos, Hooke 



Battle of Missionary Ridge. 

Grant's army consisted of (iri.OOO men. 
and Bragg's 30,000. 

Federal loss, .5,28li killed and wounded: 
33 missing. 

Confederate loss, 40 cannon, 3,100 killed 
and wounded; 6,000 prisoners. 

This was a great Federal victory, vvliicli 
i-aised the siege of Chattanooga and forced 
the Confederates out of Tennessee. 

The evolutions of the Federal army in 
this battle were described by the Confede- 
rates as being as regular as dress parade. 
Their assault was impetuous, but for seve- 
ral hours it appeared the Confederates 
would hold their position. Sherman's at- 
tack upon the Confederate right met a 
repulse at the hands of Cleburne's division. 
The assault was renewed with desperate 
energy, but again Cleburne held his own 
against fearful odds. About 4 p. m. the 

Confederate centre was broken. The entire line except the right gave way 
Bragg's army. 




Batti. 
Opposite Boy 



K Ul'' MlSSlUNAKY RiDUK. 

'6 Station On Line of Westo 

Atlantic E. R. 
November 26, 1863. 
ne's Repulse of :" 



The result was a disasti'ous rout of 



Chickamauga National Park. 

The United States Government, within 
the short space of tive years, has converted 
a deserted field into a park of magnificent 
proportions, which is at once the great 
object lesison of the terrors of war and 
triumphs of peace. 

The Park Commissioners, acting undir 
the direction of the Secretary of War. 
have purchased the entire battlefield <> 
t^hickamauga, embracing fifteen square 
miles. The main drive of the park is 
twenty miles in length, constructed on u 
right-of-way fifty feet wide. All the line ^. 
of battle have been ascertained and 
marked with tablets. Twenty-four Stai. 
Commissioners have located the jiosition 
of regiments and batteries fi-om their 
respective states. Already there are hun- 
dreds of monuments and granite markers 
on the field. 

About thi-ee hundred cannon, of same 




5th Wisconsin Battery 



pattern used dui-ing the combat, liave been mounted and placed in position. 



The methods of marking the lines of battle are by monuments and liistorical tal)lets, indicating the make-up of all 



oi'tfanizations that participated. 
Congress has ai)pi'opriated $725,00(1 
for the erection of National monu- 
ments and for the iinjiroveraent of 
the grounds, walks and driveways. 
The various States have appropii- 
ated over $500,000 for the erection 
of monuments commemorative of 
the deeds of valor of soldiers from 
their respective States. 

The monuments now on the Held 
range in cost from $1,000 to $0,000 
each. The monuments erected by 
the United States to the regulars 
cost $l,.5O0 each 

Material for monuments is con- 
fined to granite and bronze. 

Commissions from following States 
have been at work with the National 
Commission in locating positions on the field and clearing up confused and disputed points of history: 

Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, 
Mississippi, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
Texas, Virginia and Wi.sconsin. 




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Five observation towerij of iron 
and steel, each seventy feet liigh, 
have been erected, and the monu- 
ment of the Wilder Brigade 
erected near the Widow Glenn's 
house on Chickamauga field is 
one bundled and ten fi et high, 
and serves as a tower. The Park, 
when completed, wilt be the most 
comprehensive military objei'l 
lesson in the world. No moi . 
daring, persistent fighting during; 
the war than was done by botli 
armies at Chickamauga. Both 
sides can well unite in making 
a great military park where 
both, in a military sense, won 
such great renown. 




ation Tower at Hra^g's Headquarters on Mission Ridge. 




Lookout Mountain. 

Lookout Mountain, Tennessee's 
great historic resort, offers to the 
public unsurpassed opportunities 
for the enjoyment of some of the 
grandest scenery Amei-ica can 
produce. Rising as it does 2,300 
feet above sea level, and 1,700 feet 
above the city of Chattanooga at 
its base, the view from its lofty 
summit is one of exceptional gran- 
d e u r an d extent, embracing 
glimpses of seven States. No 
effort of the imagination can 
picture the magnificence of the 
grand panorama outspread before 
one at this elevation. From 
Point Lookout, at its northern 
extremity, there lies below a scene which no section of the United States can excel: indeed, it is doubtful if it 
can be equalled in America. The faint blue outlines of the Cumberland Mountains lie off to the northwest; 
between them and Lookout stretch the lower peaks of the Sand and Raccoon Mountains. Walden's Ridge, Cameron 
Hill and Sherman Heights continue the line to the east, where Missionary Ridge, backed by the Great Smokies, 
unites to form the eastern circumference of the vast semicircle revealed at this spot. In the foreground wind the 



silvery waters of the Tennessee. 
whose picturesque convolutions 
Uesci-ibe here a remarkable 
curve, known as Moccasin Bend. 
This point affords a glance at 
some of the celebrated battle 
grounds of the Civil War. Mis- 
sionary Ridge and S h e r m a n 
Heights, Cameron Hill and Look- 
out itself, stand as perpetual 
monuments to those who fell neai' 
by, and Cliickamauga in the val- 
ley beyond arouses memoi-ies of 
stirring scenes but little more 
than a quarter of a century back 
in our history. Lookout Moun- 
tain extends over the border line 
into Georgia, and along its rugged 




ouuHK'nl 111 Ll,itl..iiiuiu^,i .N.u.uii.il r.iil. 

Among the principal attractions here are 



I'umisjUiuii.i— -Butli-ry !•-, \ ul 

sides are observation points, from which wonderful views are obtainahh 
Sunset Rock, Rock City, the Natural Bridge, Telephone Rock, Lulah Lake and Palls, and Leonora Spring, and 
each visit to the above and the many other natural curiosities on the summit is a fresh revelation to the traveler, 
who would find it impossible to exhaust the resources of the Mountain in an entire season. Lookout is well 



wooded, oaks and jiines being; the 
prinei pal forest {jt o \v t h s. 
Through the pai-ksand woodlands 
fountless driveways and footpaths 
branch in every direction, lead- 
ing one to scenes of exquisite 
beauty, and the visitor finds it 
difficult to choose a favorite walk 
where all are so cliarming and 
full of historic interest. 

Climate Tlie marked superi- 
ority of l^ookout Mountain in 
respect to climate over the other 
parts of the country lias brought 
Lookout Inn into great and 
growing- favor as a health resort; 
hither come, yeai-ly and in 




74th Ohio Infantry. Monument in Chickamauga National Park 



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increasing numbers, guests from 
all parts of the coimtry to refresh 
their jaded spirits in the health- 
giving zephyrs and the pine- 
freighted breezes of this wonder- 
ful climate. 

Health— As a health resort 
Lookout Mountain has no supe- 
rior. The air is balmy and ex- 
hilarating, the pine forest which 
covers the larger part of its sur- 
face furnishes that restorative 
element peculiar to certain 
favored localities rich in pine 
forest. The absorbent quality of 
the light and sandy soil prevents 
dampness, and makes malaria and 
rheumatism entirely unknown. 
The elevation — 2,300 feet — guar- 
antees purity of atmosphere, most potent in its inftuences upon sufferers from any disease, and especially lung, 
throat, nervous and kidney diseases. It is a paradise to children and invalids, and there is no spot in the world 
where the business and literary man will so rapidly recuperate as u])on Lookout Mountain. 







4th Ohio Cavalry. Moniinient in ChlokaiiiauKa National I'ark, 




Lookout Mountain is Nature's 
Sanitarium. The late Dr. E. M. 
Wright, after thorough investi- 
gation, wrote that no original 
ease of pulmonary consumption 
had ever appeared here. It is a 
fact that consumption in Its early 
stage is relieved, and ofttimes 
cured by inhaling the pure moun- 
tain air. Malaria is eradicated 
from the system in this clear 
atmosphere without resort to 
drugs. Hay fever and kindred 
troubles disappear after a short 
sojourn. 

The late Dr. Joseph P. Ross, 
A. M., M. D., professor clinical 
medicine and chest diseases of 
Rush Medical College, Chicago. 

speaking of the best climatic locations for consumptives at a meeting of the American Medical Association in 
January, said : 

" I have had patients go to Chattanooga when they were not able to climb Lookout Mountain, and they would 
come back wonderfully improved. I felt deep regret four years ago at sending a lady down there, for I did not 



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believe she would ever return 
alive. I knew she could not live 
here (in Chicago) three weeks, 
having all the symptoms ot ad- 
vanced tubercular trouble, with 
almost complete consolidation of 
the lung; but in four monlhs she 
came back almost cured, and to- 
day I met her on the street and 
she is to all appearance robust 
and healtViy. * * * On Lookout 
Mountain the scenery is perfectly 
grand and beautiful and lends 
an interest to a residence on 
the mountain. The scenery is 
varied from evei-y point of obser- 
vation." 

.Tulian JIalph in Ha]-per's 
Monthly Magazine, March 189.5— 

"One of the most remarkable curios in Uncle Sam's cabinet is Lookout Mountain. The traveler expects such 
occasional combinations of mountain and plain on the edges of the Rockies, the Selkirks and other great mountain chains, 
and yet it is doubtful whether any other as beautiful is to be found. For it has seldom happened that a tall mountain 
rises abru))tly to interrupt and dominate a view so majestic and of sucli varied features. Glistening water, smiling 



l.'Jt,li Mii.-liigiui hil'a 



I C'liickaniauj^a National Park. 



farm land, forest, city, hill and 
island, all lie upon the gorgeous 
and gigantic canvas of the Master 
Painter, Who there invites man- 
kind to His studio to enjoy such 
views as we had fancied only the 
stujiid denizens of the air ai'e 
privileged to daily scan. 

In nothing is this wonder spot 
more wonderful than its accessi- 
bility. It is even 7iiore conven- 
ient to the tourist than Niagara 
Falls— almost the solitai-y great 
natural curiosily in our country, 
for which one does not have to 
travel farand labor hard. L(!)OK- 
OUT INN, a hotel that will ac- 
commodate 400 boarders, is on the 
tip-top of the mountain, and has 
the reputation of being one of the very best hot 




1st Wisconsin Cavalry. Monument in t'.biokamanga National t'ark. 
Is in the south. The raihvays cai-ry cars to its doors. 



Lookout Inn. 

The Inn is a beautiful structure, located 
on the eastern face of oUi Lookout at its 
summit. Thi-ee hundred and sixty live 
feet in length and four stories in height, 
its external appearance is exceedingly 
striking, its fine ])roportions and archi- 
tectural beauty being grandly displayed 
by its surroundings of oak and pine forests. 
The interior of the Inn is very attractive. 
Its grand hall is exquisitely decorated 
and furnished, and the recejition rooms 
and parlors opening into it are gems of 
modern taste and elegance. 




Lookout Inn. 



The fine dining hall, which is finished in quartered oak and artistically decorated, is ll-'j feet in length. 
There are billiard, reading and smoking rooms, and all the appointments of the Inn equal those found in the finest 
city hotels. The lighting is done by gas and electricity, and the heating by steam, in addition to which there are 
open fire places in both public and private rooms. The hotel affords accommodations for five hundred 




guests.and theju-i- 
vate apartmenl^^ 
are unusually 
spacious. All ai't- 
light, airy, outsick' 
rooms, affording 
magnificent views 
from their raanv 
windows. Wid •' 
verandas encin'l. 
three sides of tlir 
house, and a lofty 
tower, from whirii 
one gets an un- 
rivaled view, 
crowns the whole. 
The comfort and 
convenience ol 
guests have been 
carefully consid- 
ered in the con- 
struction, fitting 
and equipment of 
the Inn as a Win- 
ter Resort. 1 is 
sanitary arran^;i^- 
ments have i-e- 
ceived particuhu- 
attention, and the 
drainage and 
plumbing systems 
are the most per- 
fect that modern science has been able to produce. The water supply is abundant and of the best quality, and 
the cuisine and service unequalled by the finest resort houses in the country. 



Chattanooga. 

The city lios on the south bank 
of the Tennessee river in a 
beautiful valley, and is almost 
at the junction of three g'reat 
states — tieoruia, Tennessee and 
Alabama. The city is seven 
hundred feet above !>ea level and 
is surrounded by mountains and 
ridjfe-i. The undulating char- 
acter of the landscape alTords a 
natural drainage, and it has a 
scientific system of underground 
sewerage, comprising 27 miles of 
pipe and 10 miles brick sewers. 

The city's death rate last year 
reached the remarkably low 
annual average, for both white 
and black, of 1-1.97 per cent, per 
thousund ])er annum. 

The mean temperature in the 
summer months for fifteen yeai-s 
jjast was 72.1 degrees : for winter 
months, 42.6 degrees. 




Hanultdii County ('oiii't House. L'hattanooKa. 



The census statistics for IWlIt 
show that there was a unilnrni 
growth of about 400 per cent, in 
industries in Chattanooga in tlie 
decade between 1880 and 1800. 

During the same period the 
population of the city and suburbs 
increased from 14,000 to Sri.OOO. 
and the assessed valuation last 
year was $10. 330,0(10, on basis 
of 60 per cent, against $3,600,000 
in 1880. The banlfing capital of 
the city is $-2,500,000 as against 
$385,000 in 1880. The scenery 
about Chattanooga is beautiful, 
romantic and historic 




Ndtiondl Cemeteries. 



There are four national ceme- 
teries located on the line of the 
Nashville, Chattanooga & St. 
Louis Ry. and Western <S: Atlan- 
tic Railroad. 

At Nashville there are 11,S3-J 
known, and 4.701 unknown, inter- 
ments. 

At Chattanooga there are 8,0;!8 
known, and 4,963 unknown, inter- 
ments. 

At Stone River, Tenn., there 
are .'i,811 known, and 2,334 un- 
known, interments. 

At Marietta 7,19.5 known, and 
2,903 unknown, interments. 




\ K'w in National Cemetery, Chattanooga. 8,038 Known and 4,963 Unknown Interments. 



The General. 

This famous engine was capt- 
ured at Big Sbanty, Georgia, a 
station on the Western & Atlantic 
R. R., "the Great Battlefields 
Line," on April 12lh, IXtii. by 
Andrews" Raiders. After an ex- 
citing chase by the train crew 
the "General'" was overtaken and 
twenty-two of the raiders were 
captured. The object of the raid 
into the Confederate lines was to 
burn the bridges on the line of 
the Western & Atlantic R. R., 
and thus cut off the Confederate 
Army from its base of supplies. 
The raid was one of the most 
daring exploits of the war. and if 
it had been successful would have 
proven most disastrous to the 
Confederacy. Later there was a 




Andrews" Raiders, in National Cemetery at Chattanooga. 
" Tlie General " is Represented. 



trial by military court and eight of the numlier were executed. Six were exchanged, but before the sentence of 
the court was carried out eight escaped. Thus ended one of the most daring exploits on record. 



MARIETTA, GA. 

Pre-eminently one of the prettiest little cities and healtli and ]ileasufe resorts in all the Southland is Marietta, Ga 
Built in the midst of a superb growth of oak trees, which crown tlie hills only a couple of niilei south of the far-famed 
Kennesaw Mountain, and havintr within itself all the elements of beauty and taste, it well deserves the title of 

"THE GEM CITY OF GEORGIA." 

At the Western <V Atlantic depot its elevation above the sea is 1.132 feet, and upon the summit of several of the 
beautiful hills, within its limits, there is an altitude attained of nearly 1,200 feet. Hence it can be readily noted that the 
atmosphere is fine and the scenery charming-. 

It has lot'g- been a famous summer resort for people living in the Southeast, and is becoming eijually favored as a winter 
resort by people whose homes are in the North and West. One of its choicest advantages is found in the fact that it is 
only 20 miles from Atlanta, the largest city in Georgia and one of the chief railroad centers of the South. It is directly 
on the line of the Western & Atlantic Railroad, through which pass sleeping car lines whose tei-mini are at Jacksonville, 
Fla., and Nashville, Tenn.. and Atlanta, Ga., and St. Louis, Mo. 

Marietta is connected with Atlanta by 

FIVE PASSENGER TRAINS DAILY EACH WAY. 

The fare between the two cities is 60 cents, and monthly commutation tickets for families are sold at $10.00. The Sunday- 
round trip rate between Marietta and Atlanta is 50 cents. 

The climate of M.^RIETTA is charming. The nights are always delicimisly cool in summer. 

In this connection it is worthy of note that on the sides of Kennesaw Mountain there is considerable growth of 
CACTUS, or prickly pear. This shows that the same atmospheric conditions exist at and near Marietta as in New 
Mexico — the sanitarium for the cure uf pulmonary troul)les. 



ACWORTH, GA. 

Acworth is only thifty-five miles from Atlanta, an hour's ride. It- has a population of 900 or 1,000 souls. Having a 
fine surrounding agricultural country it enjoys a good trade, and leads all other towns on the Western & Atlantic in cot- 
ton receipts in proportion to population. These amount to about 7.000 bales annually. 

Stock Raising and Dairying can be jirotitably conducted. 

Fruits grow in ]icrfection and in great variety. 

411 the Staple Crops lu-c successfully raised. 

Fine Water— Aiiiniig tin' atli-actions of Acwoith is a well of mineral water. 

Churches It spcalo xdiuiiM ^ in favor of this town that it has as many as five churches and no bar-rooms. 

Schools— The cdural innal lariiities are of the best. There is an excellent Academy under a Board of Trustees. 

CARTERSVILLE, GA. 

A nourishing town with a gi-eat future. Forty-niin' miles from Atlanta, ninety miles from Chattanooga, is the town of 
Cartersville, destined to bccume one of Georgia's largest cities and a great manufacturing center. Vast mineral wealth 
lies all around it, and u nat c'niii|ianies have lieen organized to develope and utilize it. Tiie town is progressive, has water- 
woiks. gas-works, piil)lic xIk^iIs, and with its three or four thousand population is on the sure road to a big prosperity. 

Topography-Uplands, liiUsides and valleys. 

Climate — Mild. Mean temperature in winter 4-1 degrees, llie year round (il degi-ees. 

Rainfall— Annual. 47.2 inches. 

Acreage — In Bartow County. Improved about 90.000 aci-es. Timber and mineral lands about 240.000 acres, over two- 
thirds of the total. 

Soil — Makes better average staple crops than any other county in the state. 

Crops-Cotton, 12,000 bales in the county: corn about oOO,00() bushels. 

Fruits All kinds, except the tropical of the far South. 

Truck Farming — \'egetables of all kinds profitably raised. 

Timbers— ( )ak, hickory, ash, poplar and others — no finer in the world. 

Minerals—In abundance. Too numerous for brief mention. 

Water- i'urest. Free-stone, well and spring. Also, noted mineral springs in the county. 

Healthfulness — No healthier section can be foimd. 

Educational Advantages— Colleges, public and private schools, of high order. 

Transportation Facilities— Tlie best railroad in the South, the Western AND Ati^.vntic : trains every few hours. The 
East and West. And others in prospect. 

ADAIRSVILLE, GA., AND SURROUNDING COUNTRY. 

Advantages for manufacturing, farming, etc. Attractions for invalids, tourists and permanent residents. Midway 
between Atlanta and Chattanooga, seventy miles from each, is the town of Adairsville, with a population of 600. 



Climate — This is the, most important consideration for people seeking new homes. The thermometer seldom goes 
above 90 degrees in summer, or down to 15 above zero in winter; the mean annual average is about 60 degrees, a golden 
medium between the heat of the States farther south and the cold of those farther north. 

Churches and Schools — The Methodists, Baptists and Presbyterians each have a church, and there are good schools. 

In General -Adairsville, surrounded by fine farming country, is well watered, is adapted to stock raising and dairying, 
and is in the midst of the great mineral section of the State. 

DALTON, GA. 

Population — Has a ])opu1ation of nearly 4,0(10. 

Location — 700 feet above tlie sea level. 

Public Works — Has its own gas and water works. 

Banks— Has two banks with an aggregate capital of nearly S200.0UO. 

Market— Is the princijial market for three of the best counties in North Georgia. 

Climate —Has one of the healthiest climates in the world; mean summer temperature about 73 degrees, mean winter 
temperature about 40 degrees. 

Schools and Churches — Has an excellent public school system and a good female college. Twelve churches of nearly all 
denoraiuatiuns. 

Manufactories — Has a cotton factory, a furniture factory, planing mills, iron works, canning factory, flouring mills, 
cotton compress, and numerous other manufacturing enterprises in a most prosperous condition. Receives from 10,000 to 
12,000 bales of cotton annually. 

Transportation Facilities— Is located on the lines of the two great southern railroads, the Western & Atlantic and the 
SouthciTi. 



SIMMER HOMES l\ TENNESSEE. 

ESTILL SPRINGS. 

Engleside, or Mrs. Beard's Ilcitel. is hjcated at Kstill Springs, Tenn., 77 miles from Nasliville. on the N. C. & St. L. Ry. 
The evening train from the nortli and morning trains from tlie south stop near tlie door. Otlier trains are met at the 
depot, one half mile distant, by hacks. 

Sulphur water similar to the old Hurricane, strong Chalybeate and tlie best of fi-eestone waters in abundance. 

The culinary department is under the supervision of one of tlie best cooks in Tennessee. 

K.xcellenl fishing in Elk river nearby. 

Rates of board ^2') per month of four weeks. Children under 12 years and servants half rates. $S per week and $1..50 per day. 

NICHOLSON SPRINGS. 

These Sp\-ings are s'tiuUed two and one-half miles west of the raili'oad leading from Tullahoma to McMinnville, Tenn. 

On arrival of trains at Smarlts Station hacks and baggage wagons will lie in wailing to convey passengers and baggage 
to the S|)rings. Special terms made for families. 

EAST BROOK SPRINGS. 

In point of location East Ur.iok is favored beyond any watering place in the State. 

The S]iring is in the midst of tlic "Spring region," for which this branch of the Cumberland range has long been 
noted. Hurricane and Pylant Springs are only five miles west, old Winchestei' Springs two miles south, Estill Springs 
three and one-half miles north, leaving East Brook almost in the center of this noted region, and on one of the highest, 
if not, in fact, the very highest point on this branch of the mountain, being about 1,150 feet above the sea. TheSpring 
is surrounded by beautiful mountain scenery, and from every window on the east side of the hotel and cottages can be 
seen the main Cumberland range. 



SEWANEE. 

The University of the South is located at Sewanee, !iOO feet above Cowan. The site of this Episcopal College is one of 
the most picturesque and attractive in America. The University buildinufs are constructed mainly of Sewanee sand- 
stone, and are fully equipped with all modern educational appliances. 

The University is in session during the summer and is a favorite summer resort for the families and friends of the 
students. 

MONTEAGLE. 

Si.x miles beyond .Sewanee is Monteajj'le Assembly yruuiids, a chartered institution for the promotion of literary and 
scientific e.Kercises and the advancement of education. It is neither denominational nor sectional. 

A yUIET RETREAT. 

"To all persons seeking a quiet i-etreat during the summer memths. Monteas'le offers exceptional advantages. Its 
elevated position, its bracing climate, its romantic and varied scenery, its perfect repose, its freedom from dissipation 
and vice, its beautiful grounds, its ample accommodations, its great accessibility — all these unite in making this spot, 
so favored by nature, attractive to those who are in search of rest or health." — Rev. B. M. Palmer, D. D., New 
Orleans. 

COST OF LIVING AT MONTEACLE. 

1. Rooms in Teachers' Homes, accommodating two. rent from $1..'>0 to $L'.2."i per week. Lai'ger rooms. $2..i0 to $3.00 
per week. 

2. Meals in restaurants : So.OO per week. 

3. Board : Lodging and meals in select boarding houses. $20.0(1 to $2.j.(IO jier month. 

4. Rates in hotels : 830.00 to S4.5.00 per month. 

.5. Furnished cottages, equipped for housekeeping, rent approximately as follows : 

Four room : two sitting and sleeping, dining, kitchen, veranda, and sometimes hallway — $.50.00 to $05.00 for the season. 

Larger cottages— $70.00 to $100.00 for the season. 



The Tennessee Centennial 

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International Exposition 

Will open at Nashville on May 1st. 1897. aud (•(intinuu si.x montlis. lis occasiou is tho end of the lirst century of the 
existence of the State, and in scope it is svorld-wiilc. 

Tennessee is a commonwealth of vast resnurces of coal, iron, marble and zinc, as well as of wheat, corn, cotton and 
tobacco, and thoroughbred horses and cattle. Her people are energetic and patriotic, and they propose to honor the 
one hundredth birthday of the State with an Exposition so elaborate in proportions and beautiful in detail that it will 
be remembered always as an important event in the hislory of the United States. In this endt^avor. all other States 
and foreign countries, individuals and interests, are invited to take i)art. 

Nashville, where the Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition will be held, is a city of lOO.dllO jieople, 
who are giving their money and their enthusiasm for the success of the World's Fair of ISilT. 

Nashville and Davidson County have subsci-ibed $300,000, a sum sufficient to pi-ovide and beautify tlie grounds, 
and erect all necessary buildings. Other cities and counties of the State are making aiii)r(i|iriations which will be 
amply sufficient to make an exhibit of their products and resoui'ces. 

Tennessee's wonderful exhibit will be a revelation to the thousands of visitors from the North and East, and an 
invaluable advertisement of the products and resources of the .State. 

Chattanooga has already raised ample funds, and will make an exhibition of her manufacturing interests which 
will secure for the "Plucky City" the admiration of all visitors, and liy means of which her jiopulation, wealth and 
prosperity will be increased. 

In a word, the Tennessee Centennial will be an exhibition of the State's resources, displaying to the world, for the 
first time, her vast deposits of coal, iron, copper, lead, zinc, marble and slate, which have tor ages been awaiting the 
magic touch of labor and capital. 



To 



Florida Tourists. 



Your special attention is called to both the many points of interest along the line of the Nashville, 
Chattanooga & St. Louis Railway and Western & Atlantic Railroad, ancl to the unexcelled schedules 
between Florida and all western points. 

THE WESTERN & ATLANTIC RAILROAD was General Sherman's line of March from Chattanooga to 
Atlanta, and every foot of it is historic. 

SCHEDLTl^ES: 



Leave Jacksonville, 


Plant System. 


7::iO p. 


m.. 


8:30 a. 


m. 


Leave Tifton, 


(i. S. &- F. R. R., 


12:05 a. 


m.. 


1"2:55 p. 


m. 


Leave Macon, 


Central R. R., 


4:15 a. 


m.. 


4:25 p. 


m. 


Leave Atlanta, 


W. & A. R. R., 


X-M a. 


m.. 


8:20 p. 


ni. 


Leave Chattanooga, 


N. C. & St. L. Ry., 


1:15 p. 


m.. 


1:19 a. 


m. 


Leave Nashville, 


L. & N. R. R.. 


7:05 p. 


m.. 


7:05 a. 


m. 


Arrive Chicago, 


C. \' K. I. R. R., 


7:52 a. 


m.. 


(j:55 a. 


ni. 


Arrive St. Louis, 


L. \- N. R. R. 


7:20 a. 


m.. 


7:20 p. 


ni. 


Ai'rive Cincinnati. 


L. & .\. R. R. 


(1:50 a. 


m., 


4:20 p. 


m. 



PULLMAN SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. 

Pullman Palace Buffet Sleeping Cars from Jacksonville to Chattanooga, Nashville and St. Louis 
through without change, connecting at Nashville with solid Vestibule train to Chicago. Local Sleepers 
Atlanta to Chattanooga on night trains. 

For further information write to, or call upon 
J. W. THOMAS, President, JOS. M. BROWN, T. M., C. E. HARMAN, G. P. A., 

Nashville, Tenn. Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. 




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